Attachment for wire-mesh bed-springs or the like.



J. N. EASTWOOD.

ATTACHMENT FOR WIRE MESH BED SPRINGS OR THE LIKE. APPLIOATION FILED APR.15, 1911.

1,038,863. Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

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JOHN NELSON EASTWOOD, OF GARLETON PLACE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

ATTACHMENT FOR WIRE-MESH BED-SPRINGS OR THE LIKE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Apri1 15. 1911.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

Serial No. 621,251.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN NELSON EAST- WOOD,of Carleton Place, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, a subject ofthe King of Great Britain, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for VVire-Mesh Bed-Springs or the Like, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in attachments for wire mesh bedsprings or the like, as described in the present specification, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel arrangement andconstruction of parts, whereby a cross frame is yieldingly supportedunder the mesh fabric by a pair of side arms adjust-ably fulcrumed onthe side bars of the spring frame, and having spring connections withone of the end bars.

The object of the invention is to devise a strong and simple attachmentfor wire mesh bed springs, which will prevent undue sagging of the meshin the center portion, and which may readily be attached to the springframe, and be quickly adjusted to any desired degree of resiliency.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a wire mesh bed spring,having the mesh partly broken away to show the attachment thereunder.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the bed spring with theattachment thereon. Fig. 3 is an end view of the bed spring with theattachment thereon. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cross frame ofthe attachment, showing a means of reinforcing the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a bed spring frame, having the wovenwire mesh 2 stretched thereover as customary.

3 are side arms extending alongside of the side bars of the frame 1, andsupported in a tiltable manner by the hooks 4.

3* are headed stud pins projecting inwardly from one end of the sidearms 3.

The hooks 4 are substantially S-shape, and have one side section thereofcaught over the side bar of the spring frame and the other sectioncaught under the side arm of the attachment, so that they may be movedback and forth in either direction along said side bar and said sidearm.

5 is a flat bowed spring firmly secured in the center thereof to theunder side of an end bar of the spring frame by the bolts 6.

7 are bolts having the hooked ends 8 caught over the side arm 3 adjacentto one end thereof, said bolts being secured in orifices in the ends ofthe bowed spring 5 by suitable nuts.

9 is a cross frame comprising the side bars 10 and the cross bars 11;the side bars 10 are notched at 10 midway of the length thereof to fiton the stud pins 3 of the side arms 3, whereby the cross frame 9 istiltably supported under the wire mesh fabric 2. The cross bars 11 ofthe cross frame 9 are preferably made extensible to accommodate thedevice to varying widths of springs. This is accomplished by cutting thecross bars in the center, and joining the two parts thereof by thesleeves 11, in which the ends of the bars 11 are slidably arranged.

From the foregoing description of the parts, it will be readilyunderstood that the attachment may be quickly secured to the frame of awire mesh bed spring, and that the cross frame will effectually preventany undue sagging of the mesh.

The springtension may be quickly adjusted by lengthening or shorteningthe bolts 7 or the hooks 4 may be moved toward either the cross frame orthe spring to incease or diminish the flexibility of the same.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a wire mesh bed spring or the like, of a pair ofside arms pivotally supported intermediate of their length from the sidebars of said bed spring, a cross frame supported by said side arms atone end thereof and extending across the under side of the mesh fabricof said bed spring and spring means for adjustably supporting said sidearms at the other end thereof.

2. The combination with a wire mesh bed spring or the like, of a pair ofside arms, a pair of hook members caught onto the side bars of said bedspring frame and pivotally supporting said side arms intermediate of thelength thereof, a cross frame pivotally supported between the said sidearms at one end thereof and extending across the under side of the meshfabric of said bed spring and a bow spring secured to the end bar ofsaid bed spring frame and to the other end of said side arms.

3. The combination with a wire mesh bed spring or the like, of a pair ofside arms, a

. pair of hook members caught onto the side Copies of this patent may beobtained for spring orthe like, of a pair of side arms 5 V yieldinglysupported from the frame of said bed spring and having stud pinsprojecting from one end thereof and a cross frame comprlslng notchedside bars'and cross bars extendingbetween said side bars and pivotally'20 sup-ported upon the stud pins of said side ars.

Signed at Ottawa, Canada, this 27th day of March, 1911.

JOHN NELSON EASTWOOD. Witnesses VICTOR BILANGER, CHARLIE EoKsT N,

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